Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet ...

After a three-year pause, Icarus, the pioneering project that tracks wildlife from space, is set to resume operations. On 11 ...

Researchers examined 52 field studies from 2000 to 2025 that reported plastic contamination in the Amazon Basin's rivers, ...

In the Valley of the Nile, since long before the days of the pharaohs, Egyptian farmers have relied on the annual floods to ...

National Geographic photographer Rena Effendi visited Brazil to document how one family farm is working with nature to ...

With their surgical nibbles, these large, semi-aquatic, buck-toothed rodents have emerged as crucial helpers for ecologists ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may ...

Dr. Foyet highlights the intersections of critical minerals, biodiversity, and Indigenous rights in the global green ...

November 6 is the fifth annual Call to Earth Day and young people and communities are taking collective action to protect the natural world that sustains us.

A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...

Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief ...

The deep, dark forests of northern Europe supplied people with wood, timber and food for millennia. They gave rise to myths, ...